ARNOLD STEPS IN TO SAVE STATE PARKS—BUT MAYBE NOT FOR THE REASON HE SAYS This past Friday...
Chasing Roman Polanski: A Prosecutorial Reality Check
What can Steve Cooley’s office be thinking? First Deborah Peagler, then Bruce Lisker, and...
Should a 16-year-old Arsonist Be Tried As an Adult?
While there have been no suspects arrested yet in the deadly Station fire, Wednesday police had a...
The UC Strike….and a Teachable Moment
Today, Thursday, September 24, is the first day of classes for nearly all University of California...
California’s $1.1 billion Dropout Rate v. Arnold’s Tantrum
According to a new study released Thursday by the California Dropout Research Project, dropouts...
In LA, Crime Pays…..At Least for Global Tel Link – UPDATED
UPDATE: I’ve just had a long talk with Zev Yaroslavsky’s office and it turns out I had...
Journalism Versus the Quest for Ammunition
In this month’s issue of Atlantic, Mark Bowden, (the author of Black Hawk Down among other...
Bruce Lisker Will Not Be Retried: DA Drops Charges
In a fascinating and welcome turnaround, the LA District Attorney’s office has dropped...
Social Justice Shorts
The photo above doesn’t have a thing to do with the stories in this post. I took it on...
The Shooting: Part 2
Last Sunday night, Karen Domaloan had an unusually vivid dream about her son, Michael. “He...
The Shooting: Part 1 Redux
A year ago, I ran the first in what will be a series of stories on a tragic fatal shooting that...
Increasing the Hidden Abuse in LA’s Foster Care System
Lawmakers have a habit of racing too quickly to solve one highly publicized problem, only to...
The Importance of Parks That Belong to All of Us
The fate of the California state parks is still up in the air. 100 out of the state’s 279...
Mary Travers 1936-2009: In the Wind
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Yes, theirs was the safer version of Blowing in the Wind. But...
Social Justice Shorts
I dallied until way too late last night at a book event for author and fellow Benningtonite, Ellen...
When the City Has $$ Trouble, Should the LAPD’s #s Be Cut?
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> As most of us are aware, a great many city jobs are getting...
A Killing In the Desert: When Good Men Do Terrible Things – UPDATED
The main story on the cover of Sunday’s LA Times is called “A Killing in the...
Social Justice Shorts: Free Speech, Prisons & Shielding Reporters
WILL THE SENATE FINALLY PASS A FEDERAL SHIELD LAW? This week the Senate Judiciary committee will...